Henry ‘living a dream’ as France reach men’s football final

LYON: Thierry Henry won almost everything possible in a glittering career as a player and is now “living a dream” as a coach after leading hosts France to the final of the Olympic men´s football.

France are aiming to win gold for the second time, 40 years after their triumph in Los Angeles, and will face Spain in the final after narrowly avoiding a shock defeat against Egypt on Monday.

Henry´s team were trailing 1-0 in the semi-final in Lyon but came back to win 3-1, with Jean-Philippe Mateta equalising to force extra time and then scoring again in the 99th minute before Michael Olise sealed the victory.

“I am going to be honest, I am mainly happy for Team France because when you see everyone picking up medals all over the place, you say to yourself that you can´t let them down,” Henry said. “You don´t want to be the team that doesn´t win a medal, so at least that is done, and now we will see what colour we get.